2 Corinthians 6:17

Citing Isaiah, the Lord calls His people to come out, be separate, and avoid uncleanness, with the promise that He will receive them. Holiness and God's welcome go together.

Cross-references · 14

• Isa 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
• Rev 18:4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Ps 1:1–3Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
• Num 16:26He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!”
• Ezra 10:11Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.”
• Prov 9:6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
• Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
• Jer 51:6“Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Everyone save his own life! Don’t be cut off in her iniquity; for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance. He will render to her a recompense.
• John 6:37–38All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
• Num 16:21“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
• Ezra 6:21The children of Israel who had returned out of the captivity, and all who had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,
• Num 16:45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
• Rom 15:7Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

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